Homeless children”
“Homeless children”
has the meaning given the term “homeless
children and youth” in of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, et
seq. and listed below:
The term “homeless children and youth” means individuals who
lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence within
the meaning of § 103(a)(1) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act and includes the following:
1. Children and youth who are sharing the housing of other
persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a
similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks,
or camping grounds due to a lack of alternative adequate
accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional
shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster
care placement;
2. Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence
that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily
used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings
within the meaning of § 103(a)(2)(C);
3. Children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public
spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or
train stations, or similar settings; and
4. Migratory children (as such term is defined in § 1309 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965)
who qualify as homeless because the children are living in
circumstances described in subdivisions 1 through 3 of this
definition.
The term “unaccompanied youth” includes a youth not in the
physical custody of a parent or guardian.
“Home tutoring” means instruction by a tutor or teacher with
qualifications prescribed by the Virginia Board of Education, as
an alternative to attendance in a public or private school and
approved by the division superintendent in accordance with the
provisions of the Code of Virginia. This tutoring is not home
